Llamasoft Jolly / RV5.25 Oxford - 21/10/06 PIX

Stuart B · Post by **Stuart B** » Sun Oct 22, 2006 2:35 pm 0

Almost certainly Amy

Here's a couple of mine:

We got ace goodie-bags!

Betamax appreciates the local art

Dom is Pete Docherty

Bog plays Dead Rising

Markie Rawks!

Amy gets creative...

And here is the result...

Giles rocks the fuck out

Zathras & Lappy, doing the 21st century couple thing

All this and much more is up on Flickr for your perusal.

I apologise now if I've mixed anyone up in the set, but I have a crap memory

*edit* - fixed last link

Matrixxx · Post by **Matrixxx** » Sun Oct 22, 2006 2:39 pm 0

Bog's looking like a young Paul Darrow - pre Blakes 7

Neet vid btw...

PVB · Post by **PVB** » Sun Oct 22, 2006 2:47 pm 0

Stuart B wrote: I apologise now if I've mixed anyone up in the set, but I have a crap memory

I shall apologise for

Not bad, but this:

is illlogickill, not Beerman.

Stuart B · Post by **Stuart B** » Sun Oct 22, 2006 2:50 pm 0

PVB wrote: is illlogickill, not Beerman.

oo, ta!

*ninja-edits

Bog · Post by **Bog** » Sun Oct 22, 2006 3:56 pm 0

Matrixxx wrote:Bog's looking like a young Paul Darrow - pre Blakes 7

.....I don't know whether to hug you or blow you out an airlock for that

Dead Rising. The only thing that rocked more than that was having so many of the gang together in one place

Smashing time, just bloody smashing.

And yeah, 'llogi - the Absent Friends toast got me properly choked up.

That was brilliant. And the pub wants us to do it again (We have Official Kill Markers on one keg of Guinness, one keg of a rather nice IPA and one keg of Kronenbourg, if I recall correctly - yay us!) only all weekend rather than just one day.

Which, to me, implies a damn fine time had by all. Rock on!

Post by **gribbles** » Sun Oct 22, 2006 4:06 pm 0

That was fun

Big thanks to Markie for all the above and beyond the call of duty stuff (as always)

Really enjoyed the variety of chats that I had with various peeps. And even listening in on a few others. Honerable mentions to WiredWorm (how was the hangover?), Skweek (you owe me an album

), Zoot (small world), Rowan (small world part II).

Thanks to Yak for the freebies - that was a nice thing to do

And a couple of facts that came out of the night (I don't think they've been mentioned yet). The pub took almost 5 times as much over the bar than they usually do on a Saturday night - it was the most taken since Shirley (ace barperson) started work there 8 months ago. Also we were told that we pretty much drank the pub dry - every barrel had to be changed. And to think the landlord's initial reaction was that a bunch of geeks won't drink much....

One last thing - where's the video of Skweek swinging his balls around...?

Markie · Post by **Markie** » Sun Oct 22, 2006 4:20 pm 0

What can I say ... it was again a most awesome afair!

My thanks to everyone who came along and had a blast ... I did thats for sure ...

Especial thanks to WiredWorm, Gribbles, Istar, YaK and to Oddbob for coding Beast Invaders 2.

We are already planning the next gig ... and we have a date because the pub loved us so much they have offered us the whole pub for the whole weekend from Friday 11th May to Sunday 13th May 2007.

I'm knackered! Need sleep ... :-)

We Came To Play ... and we fuckin well did too ...

mamemeister · Post by **mamemeister** » Sun Oct 22, 2006 4:21 pm 0

Looks like a great time was had by all.

Couldnt help but notice not a single PSP in sight, that tells a story.

Post by **gribbles** » Sun Oct 22, 2006 4:23 pm 0

Markie wrote: because the pub loved us so much

Translates to 'because RV gigs will pay for their next holidays'

Markie · Post by **Markie** » Sun Oct 22, 2006 4:25 pm 0

gribbles wrote:
Markie wrote: because the pub loved us so much
Translates to 'because RV gigs will pay for their next holidays'

The official word is that on a normal Saturday they take about Â£900, when we were there the official Z-reading from the till was Â£2054!

And we spent Â£300 this lunchtime! ... :-)

mamemeister · Post by **mamemeister** » Sun Oct 22, 2006 4:26 pm 0

Some pic titles never go amiss, bar a few of the old brigade theres a lot I dont recognise.

Post by **gribbles** » Sun Oct 22, 2006 4:33 pm 0

Markie wrote:
gribbles wrote:
Markie wrote: because the pub loved us so much
Translates to 'because RV gigs will pay for their next holidays'
The official word is that on a normal Saturday they take about Â£900, when we were there the official Z-reading from the till was Â£2054!

And we spent Â£300 this lunchtime! ... :-)

Ah - I was told they normally take about half that, hence the 5 times figure. Still over 2 grand

- was that just from the 'Llamasoftie till' downstairs?

benedictw · Post by **benedictw** » Sun Oct 22, 2006 4:53 pm 0

defsdoor wrote: In the meantime did anyone find a 360 controller extra at the end? I forgot to pick mine up

Yes. This wound up in a bag of mine - I brought it back to the pub and told Markie.

defsdoor · Post by **defsdoor** » Sun Oct 22, 2006 5:26 pm 0

benedictw wrote:
defsdoor wrote: In the meantime did anyone find a 360 controller extra at the end? I forgot to pick mine up
Yes. This wound up in a bag of mine - I brought it back to the pub and told Markie.

Aah - cool - I'm home now though

If whoever has it now would like to PM me I'll sort out paying the postage for its safe return

I would like to thank Markie and everyone else involved in making a small gathering a jolly good day indeed. Everyone - without exception - everyone there was just really nice people. I'm sorry I didn't get to talk to/meet everyone but the ones that I did were just all round great people that, here's the best bit, like the same stuff that I do.

I take my hat off to Jeff and Giles. Just how cool are these two ? The love they have for what they do is apparent in every word they spoke of their current and past projects, and while I was initially hestitant about meeting someone of legendary status (socially I am inept) I was struck by how fucking normal Jeff is. It takes a great deal of humility to remain so firmly rooted to the ground. Kerrie wants to play with your Sheepies btw so don't be surprised if she forces herself on you

Satuday was great. Next year sounds like it's going to be monster. We WILL be there.

Thanks again Markie & co. - just brilliant. (oh yeah - just how good was the curry ? Thanks to a great pub - wish it was my local)

Mayhem · Post by **Mayhem** » Sun Oct 22, 2006 5:41 pm 0

Time to recover

Thanks to all who turned up, you are the reason for coming along to these events. And just rocking out on Guitar Hero for hours on end